Women Fight for the Right to Wrestle

I came across this interesting article in the New York Times. It turns out wrestling has been a growing sport for women for the last twenty years. Girls are walking out onto the mat everyday across America, standing up, and utilizing their right to wrestle. According to the article, Women Want to Wrestle; Small Colleges [...]

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Tribute to women’s table tennis

With the European Table Tennis championships having occurred in St.Petersburg, Russia  yesterday, I thought it’d be fitting to post a YouTube video I found on the sport, titled, “A Tribute to Women’s Table Tennis.” I’ve never seen pro women’s table tennis before. I know it existed in the Olympics, but never was able to catch [...]

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Misty May-Treanor on Dancing With the Stars

Right off the plane from willing the Olympic Gold Medal Beijing’s Volleyball championship, Misty May-Treanor was enrolled in Dancing With the Stars. She debuted this week. Check out this video on YouTube: Her participation in Dancing With the Stars shows that popular culture is valuing the contribution that May-Treanor and Walsh have made upon our [...]

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Oprah Welcomes Olympic Athletes for Premier

Only two things can get 150 U.S. Olympic stars in one city at one time: the actual Olympics, and, of course, the most powerful woman in the world: Oprah. Oprah’s season premier couldn’t have been staged any better as she called for the country’s greatest athletes together for a “welcome home” celebration on her show [...]

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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh on Ellen

I Tivo’d this episode of Ellen last night to catch Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Found it on YouTube today. Something I find particularly interesting is our culture’s obsession with them wearing baithing suits (barely nothing). And Ellen makes a point to bring up that Kerri smacks Misty May on the butt when they do [...]

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Donohue stops at qualifier

Yesterday morning, Erin Donohue ran in a big, BIG race: the 1500m qualifier. Maybe it was all the hype, maybe it was all the attention, or maybe she just wanted it too much. Regardless, her Olympic performance ended on the track in Beijing yesterday, as she finished eighth. She needed to be in the top [...]

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USA Softball Upset by Japan

I just heard some shocking news… USA softball LOST to Japan, 3-1 today. Japan took gold; USA took silver. This is the first lost for USA softball since January 2000. According to an article I read on Newser, this is the sport’s last appearance in the Olympics for at least 8 years. The Americans’ dominance [...]

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May-Treanor, Walsh Clinch the Gold

Just saw it a few minutes ago… in the pouring rain in Beijing, May-Treanor and Walsh clinched the gold, defeating China. This the 108th straight match won by the duo and Walsh’s 100th career victory, May-Treanor’s 103rd. What an incredible run, as repeat champs who remain to be… the best in the world. May-Treanor and [...]

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PostSecret, Gymnastics and the Olympics

I came across this on the PostSecret Myspace blog and thought I’d share it with everyone. It made me laugh.

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Donohue (and town of Haddonfield, NJ) prepare for race of a lifetime

Below is an article that my mom sent me from Haddonfield Online, a Web site dedicated to what’s going on in Haddonfield, NJ (I know, exciitng, right?) If you didn’t already see from my previous post, Erin Donohue is from my hometown, and she competing in the women’s 1500-m race this week. You can see [...]

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